Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
Opening: Thursday, Sep 1, 2022 5 – 7 pmThursday, Sep 1 – Dec 17, 2022
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts
500 E Peabody Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
Join us 5-7 pm, this Thursday, September 1, to open Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic.
With food and drinks in the Link Gallery, plentiful art in the museum, free admission, and friends all around, it's a great way to kick off the weekend.
About the Exhibition
Discover how images have been used to manipulate, entertain, deceive, and shape public opinion even as early as the 17th century during Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic.
The exhibition features more than 100 prints and illustrated books, with allegories, satires, cartoon strips, portraits, maps and “news prints” in the museum’s East Gallery.
Image: Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), Dutch, Pernambuco North, 1662 edition, engraving with hand coloring, Robert and Carringer Art Acquisitions Fund; Maureen Warren and Allison Hansen. 2020-2-2